These golden tubes of penne pasta are made with a mix of maize and rice flour, making it completely gluten-free.
Even those not avoiding wheat or gluten will enjoy this.
Lenticchie Verdi Piccole (Green Lentils) Organic 12x500g
Ideal for warm salads, casseroles and stuffing as they tend to retain their shape after cooking.
Fave Sgusciate ( Skinned Broad Beans) 12x500g
Pod, purée and serve with a little fried garlic; parboil podded broad beans and peas, add some fried onion and serve with grilled halloumi and torn mint leaves. Top and tail very young broad beans and serve whole, in their pods, with a chunk of pecorino and some bread.
Piattelle (Tiny White Northen Beans) 12x500g
If you’re looking for just one bean to keep on your pantry shelves, you’ll want to go with the great northern white bean. With its nutty flavor, firm flesh and medium size, great northern beans work in almost any application. Bean salad? Perfect. Baked beans? Fabulous. Bean dip? That nutty taste will give it a little something special.
Cannellini Beans Organic 12x500g
A small, white, kidney-shaped bean that is good for using in salads and casseroles. The dried variety needs to be soaked in cold water before cooking.
Ceci (Chick Peas) Organic 12x500g
Chickpeas are a small legume popular in Mediterranean, Middle Eastern and Indian cookery. Chickpeas must be soaked before cooking.
Chickpea, besan or ‘gram’ flour, made from dried ground chickpeas, is widely used in Indian and Bangladeshi cuisine.
Borghini Borlotti Beans Organic 12x500g
Borlotti beans are widely used in Italian cooking and have a sweetish flavour with a smooth creamy texture. They work well in salads and casseroles. The dried variety needs to be soaked in cold water before cooking.
Orzo Perlato (Pearl Barley) Organic 12x500g
It can be used in soups and stews as a thickener, or to add texture rather than flavour.
Farro Perlato Toscano (Spelt) 12x500g
Spelt is not just a “good-for-you” grain. It has a sweet, nutty chewiness that tastes a little like barley but without barley’s sliminess.
It’s also quick and easy to cook. Try substituting spelt for rice or pasta in a salad or with curry or greens.
